Show davis ranks with all ail time stars by GRANTLAND RIC RICE HE RETURN of glenn Da davisio dails visto to T THE foot football bali action brings back an old argument who is the greatest all allaround around athlete of all time it m must U st he be admitted that all time Is quite a spell on the calendar so w well e II add since records have been kept the argument returns in force since glenn D dails a vis Is among tho the leading nominees he was red rd blanks choice the last time I 1 talked wil with th the grantland rice army leader how goodwan good was glenn Glehn DavIs well he was a star at football baseball track and basketball tor for a starter ile he merely good at these different games ile ha was among the best glenn has the finest mental and physical ordination coordination co ive ve seen anywhere blaik said at the time davis broke a west point record at body lifting in a certain army test jim thorpe jim was a star at f U football track and baseball ahe ile known asa as a basketball player ei but the red man from carlisle wap was a pentathlon and decathlon star astrack at track and field where davis was i only a sprinter W what h a t about elmer oliphant OU another famed wasti pointer with an assist from purdue oliphant starred at baseball track and field basketball boxing and fencing As we recall his day and time elmer won seven major medals at west point lie ile was brilliant at practically i everything he be tried colonel john mcewan said recently the colonel ought to know ue he coached oliphant in football ue ne was na fin arna zing product maybe lie he was also a fine skier and swimmer mer ive forgotten at the moment I 1 cant remember any pame game that elmer play well barry wood of harvard was another powerful entry in thebe tache stakes wood starred at football oot toot ball baseball bd hockey and tonnis tennis jack le ie robinson the dodger infielder Int lelder rans ranks high at fool football ball baseball basketball track and field ho he was U C L A s challenge to the field my favorite entry was harry fisher of williams F fisher 13 h e r starred at football baseball basketball trac kand and field ten dig golf a swimming w I 1 m in I 1 n I 1 and squash lie ile had a record of success in 10 major sports it will bo be interesting to see how far glenn dav dails 5 can come coma back after a three erfour or four year absence from competition at 25 with all his natural abi ability lity he should be able to make it 0 0 leading section footballs spring practice Is under full st steam eam with tin an abnormal i burn nurn number ber of candidates on hand to tin fill a long parade 0 of gaps in this list aist ot of missing stars find 11 nd such names as doak walker charlie justice leon hart emil arnold galiffa and too doomany many others to mention in the 1949 scramble the midwest again led the pack an old time custom notre dame michigan 1 and ohio state were the three spearheads spear heads who took charge the south and the southeast Southe ait were several notches i oft off the southwest was in back of the midwest id say the I 1 east ast was close alongside the southwest iw in front of the tha south and th the far west after all the east easi had army cornell comell Prin princston citon and bari mouth a good match for anybody th west coast had improved Imp royed over past basl years but bt the improvement too noticeable there were strong signs however th that atthe the california sector plus washington will be more formidable this coming fall the South southwest expects to have greater allover all over strength although few coaches will make any such claim clien As spring practice begins warming U up p the early earli signs favor notre dame army michigan tennessee Okla oklahoma borna pittsburgh princeton dartmouth cornell texas and southern california no other squad could lose as many good football players as notre dame dama has lost and rid have such an excellent autumn autum outlook notre damo dame is still at an oddi odd odds on I choice to remain unbeaten frank leaphys spirited competitors may not have the depth to go oil all the way but who is to head them oft off jarmyn two mata main tests are michigan and stanford army again will be a fast powerful well coached squad provided red rea walk can dig diar up a few de replacements ills of strength neth Is already in order pennsylvania loses many good men from a thin squad and the present outlook any too hap py but the red and blue has the habit of having good teams although her domination of the ivy league was checked last fall by cornell |